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His shoulder will be fine.Just fine? Or 50G PP one timer fine?
His shoulder will be fine.Just fine? Or 50G PP one timer fine?
Probably not if we're going to entertain reality. He will always deal with pain and weakness. If he can't play with confidence in taking contact he should likely retire.His shoulder will be fine.
Well that surgeon spoke very confidently about it.Probably not if we're going to entertain reality. He will always deal with pain and weakness. If he can't play with confidence in taking contact he should likely retire.
Do you know the Michael Jordan of Shoulder surgeries personally ?Norris will be fine now.
Hoping for the "cure" is highly optimistic so I tend to agree that he will most likely not be the same as before, not as productive and avoiding hits. Instead of an $8M player, we will likely have a $4M player at best, part of the time.He has now missed something like half of the possible games over the last 3 seasons and had multiple shoulder issues dating back to College hockey.
I think it's best to assume he will either be LTIRetired or not the star he looked like previously when he paced for 40+ goals, and be pleasantly surprised if he mounts an amazing comeback.
Probably not if we're going to entertain reality. He will always deal with pain and weakness. If he can't play with confidence in taking contact he should likely retire.
I have a contact that is directly connected to a team dr. The reality is that he will never been 100 percent and there will always be pain the amount of scar tissue isnt removable. Its about Norris adjusting to the injury and playing with it. Its possible but to think he will ever be the same as he was is wishful thinking. 3 shoulder surgeries before 25 is an insane amount of horrid injuries. That effect the entire body. Strength of surrounding muscles, his back over compensating etc. Thats not even taking into account the mental toll.Well that surgeon spoke very confidently about it.
I agree that its good to be optimistic and there is reason for that, but being realistic about it is the only way to approach the situation if they want to be able to react to it and be proactive.Again its good to be optimistic, but Norris really took a long time before he really started to engage and he was only just starting when he reinjured the shoulder. We can only speculate on why that was (pain, discomfort, confidence) but .. Its hard to have solid faith in him rebounding to his top form. Sens have invested in him they'll want him to be a top 6 contributor and they will want him to compete hard. We don't have room for soft perimeter players making 8m per.